Henry Ford

Even before they opened Colonial Williamsburg's first exhibition buildings, the pioneering stewards of the Historic Area recognized the importance of music in recreating the look, sound and feel of 18th-century life in an Anglo-American setting. Two years before dedicating the Raleigh Tavern in 1932, they purchased an early 1800s grand piano for use in the restored town — and early on they identified the ballroom of the reconstructed Governor's Palace as a prime place to demonstrate the indispensable role music played in colonial culture. During the nearly 85 years that followed, however, the foundation's persistent study and pursuit of the keyboard instruments...

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